This Was the Time
6.8
1970
0 hr 16 min
Documentary
Masset, a Haida village in the Queen Charlotte Islands, holds a potlatch.
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- Cast：
- Robert Davidson
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Reviews
It is a performances centric movie
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Absolutely the worst movie.
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The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
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An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
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